St. Barbara Church, Durham, NC PUBLISH DATE: April 12, 2009

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9

BRETHREN, rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
John 12:1-18
Palm Sunday

Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from ...Read Full Text >

Palm Sunday
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Holy Monday
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Holy Tuesday
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Holy Wednesday
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Holy Thursday
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Holy Friday
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Holy Saturday
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Apolytikion for Palm Sunday
O Christ our God, before Your Passion, You raised Lazarus from the dead to confirm the common Resurrection for all. Therefore, we carry the symbols of victory as did the youths, and we cry out to You, the victor over death, "Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. " -Translation by Narthex Press

Apolytikion for Palm Sunday
O Christ, Our God, we have been Buried with You through Baptism, and by Your Resurrection made worthy of Life immortal. Praising You, we cry out, "Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord." -Translation by Narthex Press

Kontakion
In Heaven, He is seated upon a Throne and on earth He rides upon a foal. O Christ our God, accept the praise of the Angels and the hymn of the Children who cry out to You, "Blessed are You who comes to recall Adam." - Translation by Narthex Press
But observe the wisdom of the Evangelist, how he is not ashamed to parade their former ignorance. That it was  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 66 on John 12, 2. B#58, p.245., 4th Century


Besides, they could not at once have taken in the knowledge of the Kingdom of which He spake; for another  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 66 on John 12, 2. B#58, p.245., 4th Century

Matins
9:30am Sundays at Hall-Wynne Chapel
1113 West Main Street - Durham NC

Liturgy
10:30am Sunday at Hall-Wynne Chapel

Parish Information
St. Barbara Church
P.O.Box 1149
Durham, NC 27702-1149

Phone: (919) 682-1414
Fax: (919) 960-4492
Website: www.stbarbarachurchnc.org/

Proistamenos: Rev. Fr. Andrew Koufopoulos
Email: Koufopoulos@Bellsouth.Net

Other Parish Info
Office hours - Tuesday - Friday 10:00 AM till Noon and 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Please note - when calling the Church you will be connected to the voice mail - you can either leave a message or press the "ZERO" key and your call will be transffered to Father's Office or his cell phone.

 
HOLY WEEK
Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, Tampa, FL

"Behold the Bridegroom Comes, in the Midst of the Night. And blessed is the servant, whom He shall find vigilant. Again unworthy is he whom He shall find heedless. Beware therefore o my soul, lest you be borne down with sleep, lest you be given up to death, and lest you be shut out from the kingdom. Wherefore, rouse yourself crying out: Holy, Holy, ...Read Full Text >
April 8, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS ON HOLY WEEK
My dearly beloved in the Lord,

“Nevertheless we, according to His promise,
look for a new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things,
be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and ...Read Full Text >

April 9, 2009
PASCHAL MESSAGE FROM HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS
“Christ was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so that we too might walk in newness of life”
(Romans 6: 4)

I give praise and thanksgiving to our Almighty God, Who, in His infinite mercy, has granted us the opportunity to celebrate once again this Feast of ...Read Full Text >
Philoptochos Special Tray:
The Philoptochos will be passing a tray this Sunday April 12, for Autism Awareness-a new initiative from National Philoptochos that replaces their Cardiac Care Fund. As always we thank you for your support of the ministry of the St.Barbara Parish Philoptochos.


Holy and Great Week Services:
We remind our faithfull parishioners that we begin our celebration on Holy and Great week (April 11th - April 19th). The daily schedule of services is as follows:

April 11th-Lazarus Saturday
Orthros - 9:30 am
Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am

April 12th-Palm Sunday
Orthros - 9:30 ...Read Full Text >

Greek Festival 2009:
Please mark your calendars to set aside the weekend of May 15-17 to work at our Church's annual Greek Festival. The Committee will be setting up sign up sheets after Divine Liturgy during the month of April. We ask everyone to try to commit to at least a four hour shift each day of the festival, although ...Read Full Text >

GOYANS SAVE THE DATE!!! APRIL 25TH
The Raleigh GOYA has graciously invited the Durham GOYA to join them in their next Outreach Ministry Project. Every year they clean the kitchens at the South Wilmington Street Homeless Men`s Shelter. The Shelter has reserved April 25th as the date for us to clean. Please save the date and I will post more ...Read Full Text >

Festival worker sign up:
Our annual Greek Festival is fast approaching: Last year`s workers` sign up on the internet had proven awkward and confusing for many. Some showed up offering to work unexpectedly,creating worker shortages for some areas, and too many workers at other booths.

This year we have a chairperson in ...Read Full Text >

Dance Practices
We are down to a handful of weeks for dance practice before the festival! Considering Easter and Spring Breaks, that takes away even more weeks! Here is a list of the remaining dates available for dance practice - please mark your calendars. The dates with the (*)are practices that are moved to Saturday. We ...Read Full Text >
ABC Network to Air Pascha: The Resurrection of Christ

April 3, 2009
The video presentation of “Pascha: The Resurrection of Christ,” a program highlighting Orthodox Christian Pascha, or Easter, will broadcast on ABC affiliates nationwide this month. ...Read Full Text >
Holy and Great Week Services:
We remind our faithfull parishioners that we begin our celebration on Holy and Great week (April 11th - April 19th). The daily schedule of services is as follows:

April 11th-Lazarus Saturday
Orthros - 9:30 am
Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am

April 12th-Palm Sunday
Orthros - 9:30 Divine
Liturgy - 10:15 am
Nymphios Service - 7:00 PM

April 13th - Holy Monday
Nymphios Service - 7:00 PM

April 14th - Holy Tuesday
Nymphios Service - 7:00 PM

April 15th - Holy Wednesday
Sacrament of Holy Unction - 7:00 PM

April 16th - Holy Thursday
Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am
The 12 Passion Gospels 7:00 PM

April 17th - Holy & Great Friday
Epitaphios Thrinos - 7:00 PM

April 18th - Holy Saturday
Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am
Resurrection Service Begins 11:30 PM
Anastasis 12 Midnight

April 19th - Easter Sunday-Pascha
Morning AGAPE service - 11:00 am

PARISHIONERS ATTENDING ...Read Full Text >
Previous St. Barbara Church Bulletins
Publish Date:April 5, 2009
Publish Date:March 29, 2009
Publish Date:March 22, 2009
Publish Date:March 15, 2009
Publish Date:March 8, 2009
 
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